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December 30, 2008

Muharram (month of mourning for Imam Hosein) is the reminder of the darkness of oppression. Hosein (the third leader of Shiites) is the symbol of innocence and deprivation resulting from religious despotism. Yazid (Imam Hosein killer) is the manifestation of dictatorship. When justice is buried in despotic palaces of time, some blood will be shed in the stream of history unfairly.

Now the event of Ashura (the day which Imam Hosein is martyred) is repeating and in each age there are some persons who act like Yazid and also some persons who follow Imam Hosein and act like him. When ever we say that" we wish we would be along with you (Imam Hosein) and help you in the Ashura battlefield" (it's a part of a prayer of Shiites in the time of mourning for Imam Hosein), Ashura day is remembered and imploration of the pioneer of peace and freedom (Imam Hosein) in battlefield invites us to resistant against dictators and oppressors in every age. Now prison is the pit of murder field .the prisoner by human rights violators and also the chains in my ankle and wrist are the indicator of repeating of history and these are a real description of Karbala (means the event of killing Imam Hosein).

I never forget that my grandfather, Imam Hosein said: "one who is like me never comes to an agreement with one who is like Yazid", thus how can I reconcile and put up with a despotic oppressor?!

I invite all to observe justice and brotherhood in the month of mourning for that father who was stripped of his cloths and his head was cut. I ask for revealing human-like oppressors and cruel murderers completely and for helping and sympathizing with all who are under oppression and injustice. I ask kind God to make us the avengers of all oppressed murdered of Iran and to return development and thriving to all over our dear country.

Continuing sealing Human Rights Defenders office off by Iran government that oppresses under the name of religion is counted among bitter and regrettable events during three decades of dark history of Mullah's government in Iran. The suppressor authorities of Iran regime introduced themselves to the world as one of the most important human rights violator and anti- freedom governments by this proceeding. While now if an Iranian chose and follow Christianity will be sentenced to death, Mr. Ahmandinejad send happy message to all Christian in the world on the occasion of the birth of peace and kindness prophet, Jesus Christ! And real face of this cheat regime will be appeared for world's aware conscience more than before in this way.

There is no debate that the great and understanding people of Iran will never forget efforts of lady.Shirin Ebadi and his active and pacifist colleagues for achieving democracy and freedom in Iran. Reminding this matter is important that the so long years activities of this legal organization will be honorable and praiseworthy if we know that this little group used the extent of their power to defend human rights in Iran in a full of suppression, threat and suffocation atmosphere. If the honorable members of Human Right Defenders Club especially lady.Shirin Ebadi as the winner of Noble peace prize, had better and more perfect cooperation with effective opposition groupin performing their sacred goals , surely the office of this legal organization couldn't be closed by this non democratic regime of Iran as easy as now. Ayatollah Boroujerdi believes that the secret of success of liberal groups, Human Rights Activists and opposition of Iran is further unity and confederacy for releasing Iran nation, because in his opinion our way is a very difficult, hard and dangerous.

As the followers of pacifist clergy and liberal prisoner, Ayatollah Seyed Hosein Kazemeni Boroujerdi we decry and condemn the shutting down the office of Human Rights Defenders in Iran, moreover we announce our advocacy of continuing the activities of honorable members of this legal organization and we ask for removingrestrictions and limitations. We hereby ask all international Human Rights organizations and institutes to have an effective intervention to condemn human rights violation in Iran.

December 28, 2008

We celebrate the light (Hanukkah celebration).unique God is the source of all energies and human needs some lights which are come from creator of the world of being, in his life.

Whatever that prevents from radiating divine lights, will lead to corruption and depravity .monotheism causes unity of world nations. All people in the world are the slaves of great God and there is a strong unity in worshiping the king of the world of being and brotherhood and forgiveness of humans through this unity.

My opinion about different religions in all over the world is that every religion that takes us to the origin of the world of existence is right and guarantees human perfection.

This dear and great day is a firm guarantee of religiosity and theism that should be as a pattern for all theists. I have always tried to protect credit of God unity and spreading holy beings and I have paid it cost with all my heart and soul.

My activities during my religious propagandas years have been absorbing people to unique God so I have devoted my life to wake consciences and to revive the natural love to lord of the world by using sociology and psychological principle and ways of seeking human nature and it has had a rare and agreeable result as it has made the great public movement in area of theology and spirituality.

With the hope of releasing of all prisoner clergies from devil sections and also asking for peace and friendship for all God slaves

December 26, 2008

Hello to the God's soul, Jesus Christ, hello to the mother of the world of being who is trustee of creation secrets , Holy Mary .My everlasting congratulations to dear and kind Christians. With respect to all philanthropic Christians who are peace propagandists.This religious leader congratulates all Christian nations and states in all over the world upon this auspicious Christmas from the center of violence and dictatorship means prison.Human's history will never forget the peaceful, liberating, friendly and seeking justice movement of this noble birthed and life-giving prophet. Jesus teachings whenever and wherever give humans credit and respect.

I have been put in pressure and oppression just because of advocacy of opinion freedoms and spiritual independence and I always believe that unique God is the closest and most powerful friend of human and never sends a religion to suppress oppressed people and never passes a law to limit a society. He never let someone kill others and violate the society rights under the name of God.Today, what that has caused running away from religion and also has made monotheism light-colored in public conscience (people are not disposed toward monotheism) is the despotism which is done by the name of religion and the dictatorship of clergies in every holy religion that leads to public hatred. My slogan on religions unity and international union of monotheistic religions followers has intensified and increased tortures on me.

In this blessed Christmas, I wish releasing all prisoners of tyrannies and I ask all faithful Christians for massive and complete aid.With the hope of Jesus promises achievement in global society and having a happy year without any perilous threats.

December 19, 2008

Ayatollah Boroujerdi's peaceful view about different religions including Judaism religion has caused he call Jewish people in all over the world religious brothers of Moslems. Noting that Jewish people are the offspring of prophet Isaac and Moslems are the children of prophet Ishmael and both of those two holy men are Abraham sons so, he believes that every kind of conflict and fight between these two divine religions causes to damage to their origin and separation from their root. He said during an interview in Evin prison: " I confirm each religion that reforms human, takes him away from animal instincts and intensifies his pure feelings. Each religion gets human nature to freedom and justice and takes him away from harshness and wildness is an honorable and good opinion and belief." His intellectual view about other religions is so, that at the present, in military prison in Yazd, he accepts and welcomes those prisoners who believes in Bahai religion and are rejected by other prisoners, warmly. It must be said that as the result of this peaceful view, there is a firm friendship between him and a Bahai countryman called Mehran Bandi in Yazd prison. The only crime of this countryman is propagating Bahai religion and he has been sentenced to 3 years imprisonment.Ayatollah Boroujerdi in reply to the censure of prison authorities that why he as a Shiite clergy defends a bahai, has said:" the only crime of him is his undertaking to his religion and on this matter he has not trampled other one's freedom and security. He is only a religious propagandist as I am the propagandist of my religion too and I have not violated one's opinion and I have forced no body to accept my religious beliefs. How we can exit and expel an innocent human like him from humanity circle?! In spite of all hardships and disagreeable acts have been done on me, I have friendship whit him eagerly."Ayatollah Boroujerdi believes that friendship, understanding and unity must be established among all human on the earth as each nation can develop and progress by its way and method .

15-Dec-2008It is unfortunate that the western world has such a negative image of people of the Muslim faith. To most Americans and Europeans the notion of Islam embodies an extreme religion of violence and human rights abuses. Yet, we hear it said that Islam is a religion of peace and that the Islamic extremists we see in Iran and other nations where Shariah law is enforced do not represent the true Islamic faith. Many ask “Where are these peaceful Muslim leaders? Why do we never hear about them? Do they really exist?” In fact they do. One such Islamic leader is Ayatollah Sayed Hossein Kazemeyni Boroujerdi who today is held captive in a prison in Yazd in the Islamic Republic of Iran.Ayatollah Sayed Hossein Kazemeyni Boroujerdi is a Shi'a Muslim cleric who supports the freedom of speech and the free exercise of religion in Iran. He believes that the government should not be controlled by religion. Thus, he supports the separation of government from the dominance of Islam. Ayatollah Boroujerdi believes that the repressive government of Iran, which purports to exist under the rules of Islam, is not true Islam at all. According to Ayatollah Boroujerdi true Islam is a religion of tolerance, mercy and compassion which is the opposite of the religion of the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran.Ayatollah Boroujerdi is the son of Ayatollah Mohammad Ali Kazemeini Boroujerdi who died under suspicious circumstances in an Iranian prison in 2002. His father was one of the leading religious leaders of Iran in the Pahlavi government and published over thirty books. He was widely respected in the western world as well as in Iran and he refused to support Ayatollah Khamenei’s efforts to establish the Islamic regime in 1979. As a result of his refusal of support he was persecuted and imprisoned in an Iranian prison where he eventually died.The younger Ayatollah Boroujerdi became openly critical of human rights abuses of the Islamic Republic of Iran in 1994. For over a decade he spoke to his supporters about the need to peacefully promote their views and he is opposed to violence in any form. On October 7, 2006 Ayatollah Boroujerdi was arrested along with many of his supporters who had gathered at his home. Although no crime had been committed, witnesses say that they were incarcerated and subjected to torture in section 209 of Evin Prison.The government of Iran has not provided any information concerning his prosecution and conviction. In a special clerical court, without representation by legal counsel, Ayatollah Boroujerdi was initially sentenced to death but due to appeals and international pressure, the sentence was changed to eleven years of imprisonment ten of which are to be in exile in Yazd. Ayatollah Boroujerdi was then coerced, under threat of torture, to give a statement in which he was forced to confess to acts he did not commit. This forced confession was televised nationally in Iran in an attempt to humiliate Ayatollah Boroujerdi and others who share his belief in the free exercise of religion and freedom of speech.Since his incarceration in the Iranian prison Ayatollah Boroujerdi has been brutally tortured resulting in serious injury to his vital organs. He has been repeatedly refused medical treatment by his captors and his family and supporters have also undergone torture. His wife has been brought into his prison cell and forcibly raped in his presence. He and his family have been victims of incomprehensible cruelty at the hands of this tyrannical regime.Ayatollah Boroujerdi has committed no crime. He is a peaceful man who does not advocate violence nor does he threaten the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran in any way though he supports the separation of religion from government. All he has done is to advocate for the unalienable right of the individual to hold personal religious beliefs and to exercise freedom of speech. For this he has been subjected to imprisonment and torture under continuous threat of execution.Article 56 of the United Nations Charter requires that all member nations pledge to "take joint and separate action in cooperation with the Organization (UN) for the achievement of the purposes set forth in Article 55." Article 55 includes several paragraphs most notably here "universal respect for, and observance of, human rights and fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language or religion."Article 18 Section 1 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, provides that:“1. Everyone shall have the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion. This right shall include freedom to have or to adopt a religion or belief of his choice, and freedom, either individually or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in worship, observance, practice and teaching.”Article 19, Sections 1 and 2 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights provide that:“1. Everyone shall have the right to hold opinions without interference.2. Everyone shall have the right to freedom of expression; this right shall include freedom to seek, receive and impart information and ideas of all kinds, regardless of frontiers, either orally, in writing or in print, in the form of art, or through any other media of his choice.”Article 7 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights provides in pertinent part:“No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.” Ayatollah Boroujerdi has been denied his rights under each of the above referenced Articles and sections of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. He has been arrested held in confinement and tortured because of his beliefs and for expressing his views on political matters.On September 24, 2007 Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad spoke in the United States at Columbia University. In response to the introduction from Columbia University President Lee Bollinger, President Ahmadinejad said the following:“I think the text read by the dear gentleman here, more than addressing me, was an insult to information and the knowledge of the audience here, present here. In a university environment we must allow people to speak their mind, to allow everyone to talk so that the truth is eventually revealed by all.""Certainly he took more than all the time I was allocated to speak, and that's fine with me. We'll just leave that to add up with the claims of respect for freedom and the freedom of speech that's given to us in this country.”In his words, which have been communicated to billions of people throughout the world, President Ahmadinejad expressed his belief in the freedom of speech and the right of people to “speak their mind.” Yet, within the nation of Iran people are arrested and tortured for “speaking their mind.”Now the world is watching to see if Iran will live up to the high standard set by these words of the President Ahmadinejad. Will Iran release Ayatollah Sayed Hossein Kazemeyni Boroujerdi, who has done nothing more than exercise his right to “speak his mind,” as President Ahmadinejad said, so that “truth is eventually revealed by all.”What can you do to help free Ayatollah Boroujerdi? If you would like to show your support of this victim of the Iranian terror machine, you may sign the petition athttp://www.petitiononline.com/Maat2/petition.htmlThe United Nations has been requested to investigate this case and to assure that Ayatollah Boroujerdi is provided the needed medical attention. If we join efforts to support the release of Ayatollah Boroujerdi, the leaders of Iran will take note. While it may seem a futile effort, it is important to bear in mind that Iran seeks to become a member of the international community. The embarrassment brought about by these abuses when publicized will ultimately compel the leaders of the Islamic Republic of Iran to release this honorable man and his supporters.Copyright DW Duke, 2008DW Duke is a partner in the California based law firm of Giardinelli and Duke, APC. He is a writer, a human rights activist, President of International Children’s Aid and legal counsel to Stop Child Executions which are organizations devoted to securing the inalienable rights of children and others throughout the world in nations where human rights abuses occur.http://iranian.com/main/blog/dw-duke/tragic-story-ayatollah-boroujerdi

December 16, 2008

Greeting to all oppressed people in the world. I praise God who never established a law to torment and annoy human. I respect all defenders of peace, justice and freedom.I speak to civilized world inside a hell where justice , spirituality ,conscience , divine generosity , forgiveness and peacefulness are violated and the demand of people who ask for justice and freedom is ignored.Indeed, does oppressed human have some rights which must be observed by governors of countries?! Isn't having an independent life the first right that the great God has given to Human? Will a person be taken to prison if justice is observed? Are people slaves of oppressive and dictatorship governments that must be tortured by despotism and selfishness of them? Once again, I invite the entire world to defend Iranian liberals massively.Thank you, Seyyed Hosein Kazemeini Boroujerdi – Dec 2008

December 08, 2008

We hold the anniversary of issuing the Human Rights declaration dear while there is continued human rights violation in all over the world in the same way. At this juncture, massive human rights violation by dictatorship and religious government of Iran, is a tragedy which its stability and endurance obligates world Human Rights institutes and organizations to pay special attention to Iranian people's suppressed rights and help this oppressed nation to get primary human rights .current Human Rights conditions in Iran is below dignity of the nation who is heritor of the great Kourosh who is the presenter of the first global charter of Human Rights.At the viewpoint of Human Rights pathology, one of the most important reasons of its violation in Iran is the mixture of religion and state and its result is a wretched society which fear , stress ,killing , ravage ,detention ,torture and annihilating the positive human , social and moral criterions in this society is daily and usual matter and God ,prophets and Imams have been put in charge seat. At global level also we witness tacking part baseless wars and conflicts and increasing violation and modern savagery in governmental apartheid and terrorism forms which has caused present human needs returning to moral and human criterions more then before.When whole numbers of human specially world governors and leaders are faithful to moral and human criterions and frameworks, we will witness vigilance and conscience sovereignty in human societies and also increasing the observing the human rights .The followers of liberal and pacific clergy, Ayatollah Kazemeini Boroujerdi, meanwhile express their sympathizing with all oppressed and suffered humans in the world, ask for releasing all opinion and political prisoners and freedom of press, speech, religion and women and also proclaim their support and favor toward all liberals and reformists of current age until the time of removing some words like: hursness, suppression and prison from current world culture.Tehran - Des 2008

December 05, 2008

Following the protesting gathering of the family and relatives of Ayatollah Boroujerdi in front of the United Nations Office in Tehran which was formed because of inattention of government and special court of clergy authorities to physical state of this liberal clergyman, a new threat and harshness wave has been intensified against his family.According to received reports; his family who was going to Yazd to visit him, was attacked along the road by a forged clash as some of them became injured. This machination has been formed subsequent to threaten his family during some last days.The persons who are informed on the reasons of these actions which are followed coincident with using massive limitation inside of military prison in Yazd against Ayatollah Kazemaini Boroujerdi, believe that since all plots of the regime against this clergy who are follower of the separation of religion from state, containing: forcing him to accept on of these three cases" silent , agreement and or capitation" , have been ineffective as yet , the regime tries to break off his communication with foreign world completely and annihilate and clear his name and memory in world news media .

December 04, 2008

According to received reports; Mr.Masoud Samavatiyan 47-year-old, B.A in literature, an opinion prisoner and one of Ayatollah Kazemeini Boroujerdi's follower, has been affected by an heart attack last night as a result of long and severe physical and psychological torments resulting of prison , and now is confined to bed in C.C.U in a hospital. He had been detained during the bloody invasion in Oct 2006 and after spending one year imprisonment in appalling 209 and 240 sections and also 8 section of Evin prison, he was sentenced to imprisonment in exile in Khoramabad city for 5 years. According to medical researches; his state has been reported critical as yet. It's necessary to be mentioned that some time ago his wife Mrs. Tayyebe Shahamatjou had been affected by heart stroke too; she will be transferred to hospital for heart operation during next days.

December 03, 2008

Human Rights activists in IranAfter passing more than 10 days from exiling Ayatollah Boroujerdi to prison in Yazd, the way of his detention and circumferential situation in prison have caused the physical state of this opinion prisoner becomes grave.The prison authorities' efforts in order to uncommonly cut and limit Ayatollah Boroujerdi's phone calls to out of prison have increased concerns as his weekly visit has been changed to once every 45 days and his daily and unlimited calls to 15 minutes per day (before he can call several times a day) of course, now it's 2 days that his 15 minutes calls has been cut and stopped. The limitations are so that even the prison stores are the only source to provide phone card for prisoners, avoid giving them card.Also, it has been reported that the high authorities come and go to prison repeatedly and the prison authorities show them Mr.Boroujerdi ridiculously. Mr. Boroujerdi protests against this action and calls it contrary to moral and human principles. It's necessary to say that he is spending his 10-year-conviction in military prison in Yazd as exile.

December 02, 2008

Ayatollah Sayed Hossein Kazemeyni Boroujerdi, prisoner of conscienceAyatollah Sayed Hossein Kazemeyni Boroujerdi, a 50-year-old Shi’a cleric, is currently imprisoned in Evin Prison in Tehran for his peaceful religious opinions. Amnesty International considers him to be a prisoner of conscience. He suffers from a range of serious ailments, including a cardio-vascular condition and a kidney disorder. He has not been receiving necessary medical treatment in detention and there is a serious concern that his health is deteriorating.Ayatollah Boroujerdi advocates the removal of religion from the political basis of the Iranian state. He was arrested at his home in Tehran on 8 October 2006 along with more than 300 of his followers, during violent clashes with security forces. He and 17 followers were initially sentenced to death, but the death sentences were later dropped. On 13 August 2007 he was sentenced to serve one year in prison in Tehran, followed by ten years in prison in another part of the country. In addition to his sentence of 11 years' imprisonment, Ayatollah Boroujerdi was also defrocked (banned from wearing his clerical robes and thereby from practicing his clerical duties), and his house and all his belongings were confiscated. For more information, please see the background section below the action.Take Action

December 01, 2008

This interview was done in the beginning of 1387and in clergy section of Evin prison by a political prisoner from Karaj called Ahmad Najafi Mojtahedi who had been condemned on the charge of publishing a book against Khamenei. This interview has been brought to your ears :

1- Do you call this government ( Iran regime ) legal ?No, because it was established base on cheating Iran nation and formed by false and unreal promises, then was continued by the obvious breach of its establisher's commitments. Its majors such as: independence, freedom, republication and Islam were never fulfilled and about its minors which were giving national properties to nation ,were fulfilled contrary to their promises and now Iranian people while have the most national and natural wealth, are the most helpless and poorest nation in the world .Economic calculations in governmental incomes and expenses are completely secret and if it is said the majority of people were asking for Islamic regime in 30 years ago ,but now the majority of them are asking for irreligious regime and this world will be proved by a referendum under inspection of the United Nations or by a public and open gathering formed by watch and support of legal and human societies of the world .

2- Do you expect the great governments to help?The power must be balance between Iran nation and government to people of this country who are owners and inheritors of this country get their legal and incontrovertible rights. Now there is unjust and unequal domination of political regime of Iran on oppressed and miserable people of this country which freedom negation, independence annihilation, lacking of calm and finishing of the finance, credit and life ability of these noble people are its results.

3- please explain the rights and limits of women:Woman is the partner of man in administrating the life affairs .women have the same position in creation that men has reached and each law violates their personality and credit integrity is worthless .All judgments which lead to humiliating and regressing women are the Human Rights violators. Every kind of limit and restriction which cause reduction in their success and enjoyment of life is unrespectable and unenforceable. Scientific and social fields must not cause limitation and strait for them.

4- How do you analyze the conflict between Palestine and Israel?Bani Israel is one of the most ancient tribe in Middle East which its evidences and documents are in holy books. Since a long time ago, Arab and Hebrew races which have one root, lived together peacefully in all regions of Shamat that contains: Palestine, Jordan, Hejaz, Syria, Iraq and Lebanon, they traded, exchanged and treated friendly together. It must not be forgotten that all the inhabitants of these states are holy Abraham's children so, every kind of flight and conflict, causes to damage to their origin and separation from their root. Friendship, understanding and unity must be established among all humans in the world as each nation can progress and improve by its method and way. Every kind of war and bloodshed under any title and reason damages human spirit.

5- what's your opinion about other religions in the world?I confirm each religion that reforms human, takes him away from animal instincts and intensifies his pure feelings. Each religion gets human nature to freedom and justice and takes him away from harshness and wildness is a honorable and good opinion and belief, the religion which prevents from war, flight, violence and despotism is my favor and mean and I don't think that the kind and gracious God I know, sends a prophet to torture society or orders to torture in his book. Spiritual beliefs are away from violation of society.

6- what kind of political regime or government do you want in Iran?A government that prefers the republicanism to all things. The system which is administrated by all people and nation representatives with every thought and culture play active and physical role in country administration. Its authorities are real servants of society, not cheat people by slogan, The authorities who call Iranian people the owners of country and all wealth of country .the system which respects each thought, prison isn't its supporter, leaves suppressing people, accepts civil freedoms, follows national interests , avoids inquiring thoughts, guards Iranians credit and prestige, avoid enactment of the laws and orders which bring misery ,disgrace and humiliation for people, makes Iran as there is no poor and no tenant, diseases are reduce, disappointment and depression are annihilated and despair and divorce are not seen.

7- Do you believe improving the military equipments and forces is advisable for country?There is always a higher power than each power ( it's a Persian proverb )Whatever we increase our missile reserves and equipments, again there are another power has more advanced equipments and industry and we have to increase expenses to remove and solve this deficiency we continue increasing the expenses until we think our interest is that leave every things and continue and consider only this matter, in other word, we sacrificed all interests and profits for defensive aspects so, we get to a point that we have not water , not electricity , not gasoline , not gas ,not agriculture and not industry! We have leaved all things in order to get military independence which is endless and has not any end. Why are the people of this country the poorest nation, today? Because all they have are spent in cause of nuclear energy and attracting regional and international supports and justifying that it (nuclear matter) is peaceful! Moreover completing the military projects causes to society fear, economic falling, profits losing, increase in inflation and also increases spiritual, social and guilds insecurity and there is always conflict and engagement in country.